Because his dad was allergic to shellfish, third-generation restaurateur Ralph Brennan grew up on steak and potatoes. He didn't eat his first oyster until he was a teenager. PHOTO BY KERRI MCCAFFETY, ...

A funny thing happened while Ralph Brennan was shopping for a place to move his Italian restaurant Bacco: He found a space he thinks is perfect for something else. MICHAEL DEMOCKER / The ...

Ralph Brennan, president of the New Orleans-based Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, will be honored Saturday night at the National Restaurant Association’s Salute to Excellence with the 2011 Thad and ...

Photo provided by Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group - In addition to traditional seafood gumbo, Brennan's serves a gumbo with smoked squab and seared foie gras. Photo provided by Ralph Brennan Restaurant ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ralph Brennan’s new and as-yet unnamed French Quarter restaurant will open around Labor Day rather than in the spring as originally planned ...

A lifetime achievement award usually cues up a certain retrospective posture. That might give you pause if you’re receiving one just as you’re moving forward with a bigger head of steam than ever. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But at Brennan’s in New Orleans, the banana becomes the star of the show as part of the restaurant’s iconic invention: Bananas ...

When Ralph Brennan received a call from the renovation contractor at his eponymous New Orleans restaurant, Brennan’s, he was not prepared for the news on the other end of the line. No, there wasn’t an ...

Brennan's Restaurant is celebrating the 10th annual Turtle Parade, a New Orleans tradition honoring the unique family of turtles at Brennan's. This year’s parade will kick off at 10:30 a.m. from ...